1985 Galway Corporation election

1985 Galway Corporation election

20 June 1985
All 15 seats on Galway City Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Workers' Party Seats won 6 5 2 Seat change 1 4 2   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Labour Independent Seats won 1 1 Seat change 4
Map showing the area of Galway City Council

An election for all 15 seats on Galway Borough Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the 1985 Irish local elections. This was an increase of three seats from the previous election. Councillors were elected for a five-year term of office from 3 local electoral areas (LEAs) on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

On 1 January 1986, the borough of Galway became a county borough, detached from County Galway.[1] Galway City Council was a successor to the borough council, with all members continuing in office as city councillors.[2]

The term of office was extended for a further year, with the 1991 Galway Corporation election taking place as part of the 1991 Irish local elections.[3]

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	6	1	5,985	40.59
	Fine Gael	5	4	4,283	29.05
	Workers' Party	2	2	1,323	8.97
	Labour	1		1,597	10.83
	Independent	1	4	1,556	10.55
Total		15	3	14,744	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

North & East Ward

North & East Ward: 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
	Fianna Fáil	Bridie O'Flaherty*		869
	Fianna Fáil	Máire Geoghegan-Quinn TD		808	816	822	848
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Leahy		796	806	812	855
	Fine Gael	Fintan Coogan		735	737	743	749	753	754	770	870
	Fine Gael	Pádraic McCormack		486	487	489	492	492	492	497	523	545	559	595	673	884
	Fianna Fáil	Henry O'Connor*		420	427	433	453	472	484	494	500	501	540	601	626	662	671
	Workers' Party	Liz Hackett		412	413	425	431	431	431	461	482	484	542	589	709	744	754
	Fine Gael	Pascal Walsh		328	330	331	336	336	336	358	396	403	424	449	487
	Independent	Brendan Holland*		317	318	323	327	327	329	339	353	359	410	541	589	660	698
	Independent	John Francis King*		282	284	303	307	309	309	328	334	336	378
	Labour	Peter Kenny		271	271	293	295	295	296	379	390	392	396	420
	Independent	Sheila Jordan		224	225	230	234	236	237
	Fine Gael	Marie Dennis		219	221	225	228	229	230	241
	Labour	Pat O'Sullivan		199	201	225	225	225	225
	Fianna Fáil	Uiris O Ceadegh		125	127	128
	Labour	Paddy Naughton		120	121
Electorate: 15,706   Valid: 6,611 (42.51%)   Spoilt: 65   Quota: 827   Turnout: 6,676

South Ward

South Ward: 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fine Gael	John Mulholland		844
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Connolly*		671	671	705	721	734	766	802
	Fianna Fáil	Gerry Molloy*		532	533	585	609	656	709	757
	Fine Gael	Pat McNamara*		525	530	535	564	598	666	781
	Labour	Noreen Robin		221	222	225	234	250	297
	Independent	Gary O Lochlainn		161	162	168	189	237
	Independent	Odran O'Leary		154	155	163	179
	Independent	John Francis King*		115	115	119
	Fianna Fáil	Frances Quigley		113	113
Electorate: 6,909   Valid: 3,336 (48.72%)   Spoilt: 30   Quota: 835   Turnout: 3,366

West Ward

West Ward- 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Workers' Party	Jimmy Brick		911
	Fianna Fáil	Bobby Molloy TD		638	658	689	704	731	746	951
	Fianna Fáil	Michéal Ó hUiginn*		596	604	629	640	667	698	832
	Fine Gael	Angela Lynch-Lupton		533	538	540	600	628	650	681	705
	Labour	Sen. Michael D. Higgins*		531	559	563	574	614	783	835
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Byrne*		417	426	435	446	476	488
	Fine Gael	J.J. McDonagh		390	391	409	496	532	571	607	630
	Labour	Joe Murray		255	273	277	284	317
	Fine Gael	Martin O'Connell		223	227	228
	Independent	Tom Browne*		213	226	232	244
	Independent	William Lambe		90	94
Electorate: 11,042   Valid: 4,797 (43.77%)   Spoilt: 36   Quota: 800   Turnout: 4,833

Local electoral areas

The borough of Galway was divided into the three local electoral areas (LEAs), defined by wards, townlands and district electoral divisions.[4]

LEA	Electoral divisions	Seats
No. 1	The East Ward and the North Ward, and The townlands of:— Coolagh, Curragrean, Doughiska, in the district electoral division of Ballintemple; Ballindooly in the district electoral division of Carrowbrowne; and Ballybaan Beg, Ballybaan More, Ballybrit, Castlegar, Coolagh, Glenanail, Menlough, Merlinpark, Murroogh, Parkmore, Rahylin Glebe, Roscam in the district electoral division of Galway Rural.	7
No. 2	The West Ward, and the townlands of:— Ballyburke, Ballymoneen East, Ballymoneen West, Ballynahown East, Barna, Cappagh, Cloonagower, Clybaun, Keeraun, Kimmeenmore, Lenabower, Mincloon, Shanballyduff, Shangort in the district electoral division of Barna; and Ballyagh, Barnacranny, Bushypark, Dangan Lower, Letteragh, Rahoon, in the district electoral division of Galway Rural.	5
No. 3	The South Ward, and the townlands of:— Gortnalecka, Knocknacarragh, Pollnarooma West, Rusheen in the district electoral division of Barna.	3

References

1. Local Government (Reorganisation) Act 1985 (County Borough of Galway) (Appointed Day) Order 1985 (S.I. No. 425 of 1985). Signed on 18 December 1985. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
2. Local Government (Reorganisation) Act 1985, s. 6: Membership of Council of Borough of Galway and establishment of City Council (No. 7 of 1985, s. 6). Enacted on 3 April 1985. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
3. Local Elections (Specification of Local Election Year) Order 1990 (S.I. No. 104 of 1990). Signed on 30 April 1990. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
4. Borough of Galway (Local Electoral Areas) Order 1985 (S.I. No. 125 of 1985). Signed on 7 May 1985. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.

External links

• "Old Local Election Results: Galway City Council election results 1967 to 2009". Irish Election Literature.
• Department of the Environment, Ireland (28 January 2010). "Local elections, 1985 : election results and transfer of votes in respect of each county, and county borough council : and election statistics relating to all local authorities" (PDF). Department of the Environment. Retrieved 28 October 2019.